Washington Business Journal

Baltimore County developer Howard Brown has donated $2.5 million to establish a professorship in trauma surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Gaithersburg, Maryland’s Novavax reported Tuesday positive phase one clinical trial data on its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

Dupont Circle institution Kramerbooks & Afterwords Café will remain in its current location for at least three more years.

RiverPoint, the 480-unit apartment building carved from the former U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on Buzzard Point, is expected to debut…

Robert E. Lee’s boyhood home, a spectacular mansion that George Washington used to crash at on occasion, has sold for $4.7 million after sitting on the market for more than two years.

Maryland has retained its triple-A bond rating from the three main bond ratings agencies ahead of an upcoming sale of $1.1 billion in general obligation bonds.

Tickets are set to go on sale July 8 for film showings at the planned pop-up drive-in movie theater coming to the RFK Stadium campus.

The D.C. Council is set to consider legislation Tuesday creating the new grant program, relying on money the city received through the CARES Act to fund the measure.

Clyde’s Restaurant Group will close its two venues in Columbia, Maryland in July — one of them, Clyde’s of Columbia, after 45 years in business.

The consortium of companies that agreed to build and operate the Purple Line in suburban Maryland said it will walk away from the $2 billion light-rail project in about two months unless the state comes to agreeable terms on work delays and expenses that go beyond the scope of the original deal.

A perimeter fence will soon be posted around downtown D.C.’s Franklin Park, closing off public access to the nearly 5-acre square as its reconstruction gets underway.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a proposal to make June 19 a paid state holiday, and companies headquartered in the state were urged to lead the way.

The June staff report is the third since March on Project Journey, but the first to report confirmed cases of the virus among contractors.

George Mason University has settled on three finalists to build an Amazon-inspired expansion of its Arlington campus.

The University System of Maryland is considering a tuition freeze at all 11 of its member universities for the coming academic year.

A graduate student is suing Johns Hopkins University, seeking partial tuition reimbursement following the school’s move to online-only instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Regal Potomac Yard movie theater at Potomac Yard in Alexandria appears to have shown its last picture. Regal Cinemas has scrubbed the 16-theater multiplex at 3575 Potomac Ave. from its list of Virginia locations on its website.

The Bethesda estate once belonging to heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is on the market for $8.5 million.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser included the new program in legislation supporting her just-released 2021 budget proposal.

Legg Mason Inc. shareholders voted Friday to approve the money manager’s $4.5 billion sale to Franklin Resources Inc., moving the deal closer to completion by September.

Elected officials from Prince George’s County sent a letter to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday saying his office has not adequately responded to requests for equipment and staffing to combat the coronavirus.

Amazon.com Inc. has filed an application for a D.C. alcoholic beverage license at its grocery store coming to D.C.

The e-commerce giant is targeting a 44-acre property in the city that was once home to a Leidos corporate campus, not far from Lakeforest Mall.

Novavax Inc. just got a significant investment to advance its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.